Will you take a normal photo and make it look like it is made from oil or watercolour painting? There are software to transform photo to painting which give you the power to do so. You can customize your model by choosing the type of brush strokes to use. You can edit the original image by changing the background or adding things. However, this will not be an actual painting. It will be more like an impression. Some software allows you to download trial versions so you can try before you buy. There are freeware, but they do not possess the characteristics of the paid versions. Paint.NET Adobe Photoshop Gimp Corel Painter SketchBook Pro OpenCanvas ArtRage Artweaver Deep...

The canvas print is the reproduction of an image on a white canvas which itself is mounted on a wooden frame. It is possible to make an enlargement or a jumble of personal photographs. The size of the support is to choose. Your home will be so much more personal and your family will enjoy these very fashionable gifts. Some photographers offer this kind of service in the shop. The market for printing on canvas is primarily developed on the internet. The Print on Canvas and mounted on a wooden frame of high quality. This system offers an excellent rendering of the depth of your photo. You transform the way your own images of real objects Design, a breath of modernity to your home, your office etc.. This kind of result is not possible with simple printing posters with photographic paper or even paper art. Unlike photographic printing paper or art paper large size prints on canvas offers a truly innovative solution, your photos are reproduced on our canvas and the size at the waist (XL) and the impact on the...

Painting Photos is a technique to convert your treasured photographs into realistic looking paintings for a truly unique personalised gift, if you’re looking for a unique gift idea then this could be the perfect gift. This technique uses state of the art computer software to transform your treasured photos. Once your photograph or negative is processed, it is printed on high quality paper using pigment based inks. It should be noted this process works on both traditional photographs and digital photographs. There are many painting effects and styles. Perfect Gift Idea: Pet portraits, local landscapes, wedding photos and holiday snaps all make for perfect gifts. Be it anniversary gift, birthday gift, leaving present or just a personalised gift for any occasion, Painting Photos has the answer. With the free preview service there is nothing to lose! Those Old photographs hiding in albums can be transformed into a truly unique personalised gift. Some effects are suitable for only certain types of images. For example the Pen and Ink effect is only appropriate for architectural photos, images that have clearly defined...

See how images can come to life with the colour pencil effect, it is very impressive. This effect works well on most image types. There are various techniques for drawing with coloured pencils. In fact all the techniques are good. Everything depends on the result you want to achieve. The important thing is to use the method with which you are most comfortable with. The technique called painting with coloured pencils is to mix colours until the complete disappearance of the substrate. In this way there is a fusion of pigments which gives the creation of a new...

Pastel paintings are characterised by their brilliant colours. The pastel effect works well on most image types, just look at the results that can be achieved. The pastel was probably invented in France and Italy in the late fifteenth century and was used by Leonardo da Vinci with the leadership of Jean Perréal. The pastel is very popular in the seventeenth century, where its bold colors and ability to imitate faithfully fabrics, textures and lights make inseparable from portraiture. It is used by many painters as Rosalba Camera, Charles Le Brun, Robert Nanteuil or Joseph Vivien. The pastel technique is similar both in drawing and painting. Some artists use a technique similar to charcoal based on the use of lines and shading, others have a painterly approach by layering thick layers of color. The possibility of pastel are extensive. The pastel can use their sticks in different ways: with singing for specific traits with the wafer for working surfaces crushed for spreading the powder on the carrier and producing a color area unclear Controlled pressure and these three techniques allows a wealth of features and textures, but the real strength of pastel is certainly the purity and vibrancy of colors. The pastel can both use pure colors (simple application of sticks), the mixture of colors by superposition and fusion (the pastel color spread on the other) and the optical mixing (the pastel colored lines superimposed). The fragility of the pastel technique involves special protection as a pastel unprotected degrades the slightest manipulation. The best protection is the frame under glass. It is also customary to set works. Storage is flat, face painted against a sheet of wax...

This effect is best suited to photographs which have clearly defined shapes with moderate detail. This technique works best on buildings and architectural images as can be seen below. Pen and ink effect emulates a technique of applying ink on paper with a pen dipped in an inkwell with a pen or modern. As the ink is applied with a pen hard, the result is different pencil...

Impasto is the name given to applying the paints directly onto the canvas in a thick manner so that the brush or palette knife marks are visible. This images below clearly show these marks and the effect produces good results from almost any photo but does darken the image somewhat. Impasto is to give depth to the paint. The impasto is not authorized by any process of painting. It is completely prohibited by the physical properties of many binders: watercolor, gouache, vinyl, egg tempera, process design, etc.. It is feasible in oil painting and acrylic, brush or spatula, it is almost everything. These are mediums that allow the most daring impasto. Without them, the paint dries badly, cracks or creases. Acrylic comes to mind in terms of thickness reached: some gels mediums allow layers of several centimeters. Impasto oil allows up to five millimeters per coat, depending confession manufacturers impasto gels. Indeed it appears that the painters who tried to exceed this thickness have encountered technical limitations of oil paint. It is possible to surpass the five millimeters, but it involves long workshop...

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Pet portraits, local landscapes, wedding photos and holiday snaps all make for perfect gifts. Be it annivesary, birthday, leaving present or just a personalised gift for any occasion, Painting Photos has the answer. With the free preview service there is nothing to lose.